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Shred Zeppelin: How to Play Like Page

An analysis of Jimmy Page's playing style, courtesy of Guitar World's Jimmy Brown.

A Clean Sweep: Sweep Arpeggios

John Petrucci breaks down the mechanics of the proper sweep arpeggio.

The Who: Unplugged

Jimmy Brown shows you an acoustic arrangement of The Who classic "Baba O'Riley."

"Sweet Child O' Mine" Unplugged

Jimmy Brown shows you an acoustic arrangement of the Guns N' Roses classic.

Shred Zeppelin: How to Play Like Page

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Title: Shred Zeppelin: How to Play Like Jimmy Page

A Clean Sweep: Sweep Arpeggios

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Title: A Clean Sweep: Mastering Sweep Arpeggios with John Petrucci

The Who: Unplugged

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Title: The Capo Crusader: An Acoustic Arrangement of The Who's "Baba O'Riley"

"Sweet Child O' Mine" Unplugged

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Title: The Capo Crusader: An Acoustic Arrangement of Guns N' Roses' "Sweet Child O' Mine"

Latest Lessons

Jeff Loomis Lesson: "Shouting Fire at a Funeral"

Posted 08/06/2009 at 10:24am | by Jeff Loomis

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The Nevermore shredder shows you how to play a track from his new solo album, Zero Order Phase.

Scale the Summit Show You How to Play the Tapping Section from "The Great Plains"

Posted 08/04/2009 at 10:06am | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Chris Letchford and Travis LeVrier show you how to get your tap on.

Paul Gilbert Lesson: Using Position Shifts To Your Advantage While Soloing [Shred Alert 4, February 2009]

Posted 07/16/2009 at 10:55am | by Paul Gilbert

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Paul Gilbert Lesson: Right-Hand Warm-Up Exercises, Part 2 [Shred Alert 3, January 2009]

Posted 07/16/2009 at 10:40am | by Paul Gilbert

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Eric Peterson Lesson: Getting Down On Warming Up [Practice What You Preach 2, August 2008]

Posted 07/14/2009 at 10:50am | by Eric Peterson

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Here's the second installment of Eric Peterson from Testament's Practice What You Preach video lessons.

Eric Peterson Lesson: Getting Down On Picking [Practice What You Preach 1, July 2008]

Posted 07/14/2009 at 10:07am | by Eric Peterson

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Here's the first installment of Eric Peterson from Testament's Practice What You Preach video lessons.

Marty Friedman: The Lost Lesson

Posted 07/10/2009 at 3:04pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Check out this video lesson from Marty Friedman from April 15, 1998.

Led Zeppelin "Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" Lesson

Posted 07/06/2009 at 12:03pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Learn how to play the Led Zeppelin classic in this video lesson.

Quick Lick: Van Halen "Beautiful Girls" Video Lesson

Posted 06/30/2009 at 11:29am | by Jimmy Brown

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Learn how to play the intro riff to "Beautiful Girls" from Van Halen II.

Daath's Emil Werstler: Betcha Can't Play This!

Posted 06/02/2009 at 1:22pm | by GuitarWorld Staff Member

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Daath guitarist Emil Werstler's ripping Betcha Can't Play This lick.

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